9 p.m. Friday

Celebrate the music, humor and legacy of one of rock's most inscrutable icons at Zappa Fest, a tribute to Frank Zappa at Linneman's in Riverwest. Acts on the bill include Dr. Chow's Love Medicine, Freddy Lee Band and Gozor Tenplat. | Dec. 27, 2012»Read Full Article(1)

Rock duo IAMDYNAMITE stopped by the Tap Milwaukee studios to perform "Stereo" from its debut album "Supermegafantastic." The band is headlining the Rave Thursday night. Photo by Rick Wood.| May 9, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

When it was first announced that Baz Luhrmann would be making a new version of "The Great Gatsby," many feared that the director of "Australia" and "Moulin Rouge" would create something flashy but empty, all style and no substance.

'Fanny' makes appearance

"Fanny by Gaslight," the 1944 British period melodrama, gets a rare screening at 7 p.m. Saturday, courtesy the FOCUS Film Society, at Church in the City, 2648 N. Hackett Ave. | May 9, 2013»Read Full Article

Local alt country band Hugh Bob and the Hustle filmed the music video for its first single, "Butternut," in frontman Hugh Masterson's hometown of the same name. Photo by Kristyna Wentz-Graff. | May 9, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

Online tickets for the free show by white-hot hip-hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and rising star and Wisconsin native Skylar Grey at Turner Hall Ballroom on Sunday night were snapped up quickly Thursday, but ticket vouchers for the concert are still available.

On Saturday, Yahoo marketers will be giving away vouchers at the Alterra shop at 170 S. 1st St. from noon to 1:30 p.m. and at La Coppa Artisan Gelato at the Bayshore Town Center, 5675 N. Bayshore Drive, Glendale, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. | May 9, 2013»Read Full Article

"The Great Gatsby," with Leonardo DiCaprio and Carey Mulligan, is based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic book.

This year, your summer reading list may be on the big screen.

Unlike most summers, when big-concept movies dominate the multiplex, several of this summer's most anticipated releases are based on books that might have essay questions attached - or which might end up in your book club's lineup. | May 9, 2013»Read Full Article(1)

Wear your quick-change outfit. It's Third Ward Diva Night, and the shopping opps are ripe for plucking. Fashion, food and fun, all in one luxe locale.

Perhapsthe best idea after all that shopping is to watch others exercise. Three faculty members of the University of Wisconsin Dance Department join with local composer Tim Russell to celebrate "Springdances: Impermanence" Thursday night. Question, though: What's more impermanent-- dance or Spring in Wisconsin? | May 9, 2013»Read Full Blog Post